The Serpentine Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Serpentine Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Serpentine Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Weber and others (1978) described the bedrock as primarily quartzite, phyllite, schist, gneiss, slate, and marble of unknown age. Numerous Tertiary and Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite igneous bodies intrude the area. Weber and others (1978) infer an extension of the Shaw Creek Fault through the Serpentine Creek drainage. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims on Serpentine Creek as recent as 1986. There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = There are no indications of production from Serpentine Creek.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Foster and others, 1978
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Foster, H.L., O'Leary, R.M., McDanal, S.K., and Clark, A.L., 1978, Analyses of rock samples from the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-469, 125 p.
Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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